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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 可言

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
可言 kě yán - it may be said

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 7,439 - -

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
可 kě- (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
- to approve; to permit
- to suit
- (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
- but; however
可 kè- used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
言 yán- words
- speech
- to say
- to talk

Other Words Containing 可言

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
可言 - - 7,439 - -
妙不可言 - - 17,284 42,940 23,177